Chet Hanks or known as Chet Haze insists that he meant 'no disrespect to the struggle of black ppl during the civil rights movement.'
- Jun 3, 2015
AceShowbiz - Tom Hanks' son Chet Hanks reacts to the backlash he received for using N-word, the language of black rappers from poor backgrounds. The rapper whose known for his stage name Chet Haze was criticized for calling his collaborator "my n***a" in an Instagram post and then ranting in another, "F**k yall hating a** n***az."
After posting short videos of his flying first class drinking champagne and wiping hot towel over his face, he responded to the critics, "I do say the n word in real life amongst my black friends who get me and can't nobody tell me I can't say what the f**k I feel like no disrespect to the struggle of black ppl during the civil rights movement but it's 2015 now and yes there are white n***as... Asian n***as... Mexican n***as... Get wit the times."
"If I say the word n***a I say it amongst people I love and who love me. If I say 'f**k yall hatin a** n***az' it's because that's really how I felt at the time. And I don't accept society getting to decide what ANYBODY can or can't say. That's something we call FREE SPEECH," the aspiring rapper added.
"Now I understand the older generation who grew up in the Jim Crowe era might have strong feelings against this. And that's understandable... But what I'm saying is this is 2015... And even tho we are still far from where we need to be and black people are still being literally KILLED by a RACIST and f**ked up system... We have also reached a point where the word can no longer have a negative connotation if we so choose."
"And who is to say only black people can use it? The way I see it, it's a word that unifies the culture of HIP-HOP across ALL RACES, which is actually kind of a beautiful thing. It's a word that can be used out of camaraderie and love, not just exclusively for black people. What's the point in putting all these built up 'rules' about it. It's time to let go."
"You can hate me or love me for it, but can't nobody tell me what I can or can't say. It's got nothing to do with trying to be a thug. It's about the culture of the music. And that's all I have to say about that (no pun intended) lol. It's all love. Some people will get it, some people won't. Either way, Ima keep living my life however the f**k I want. ALL LOVE."
"And that's it! If you still want to be mad, be mad! That's your right. What people think about me is none of my business. But please don't act like you know my whole story either! We are all infinitely intelligent creatures on our own journeys. It's life," he concluded.
